The Spetses Summer School is a unique educational and networking opportunity for graduate students and postdocs, in a relaxing and fun beach environment. Spetses Island in Greece is not only the perfect location to meet colleagues and discuss science, but also to find a new postdoc or meet your new employer. Hence, Spetses Summer Schools are extremely popular among and useful for both students and instructors. A very special feature are the “dine-with-the-PI” events, where students can enjoy dinner with one of the speakers and chat in an informal setting about nearly anything (science, life and life-science). These dinners are an excellent way to get to know the speakers a little better and to foster personal relationships that extend beyond the classroom or laboratory, hopefully benefiting the students in their academic and professional careers. This year we are focusing on the interplay between chromatin and metabolism.

Date

Official arrival day: Saturday, 25th August, 2018

Official departure day: Friday, 31st August, 2018*

* Please note that the Summer School lasts until the evening of Thursday, August 30th when the farewell dinner and the beach party take place. There will be no talks on Friday.

Venue

Directions

The closest airport to Spetses island is Athens International Airport (ATH, commonly also initialised as AIA). From there one can take the Athens Airport Bus X96 to Piraeus port, which takes about 90 min depending on the traffic. Get off at Karaiskaki Square (ΠΛ. ΚΑΡΑΙΣΚΑΚΗ)

Alternatively, Piraeus can also be reached by metro – take the (blue) line 3 and change at Monastiraki station (ΜΟΝΑΣΤΗΡΑΚΙ) to the (green) line 1 to Piraeus (ΠΕΙΡΑΙΑΣ).

Only on the official arrival (25.08.2018) and departure (31.08.2018) days, shuttle busses will be organised for the participants (at three different time points, see schedule below) that will take them from the airport (arrivals area A1) through the Peloponnese to the tiny port of Kosta (about 3.5 hrs). From there little Kaiki boats will bring you to Spetses.

School Bus Shuttle departure times:

on arrival day (Saturday, 25.08.2018) departure from Athens Airport Arrival area 1 at:

13:00

14:30

16:00 (only, if you miss the one at 14:30)

on departure day (Friday, 31.08.2018) departure from Kosta at:

7:00

9:00

11:00

More information to follow.

Speaker List

Susan Abmayr, Stowers Institute

Asifa Akhtar, MPI Freiburg

Tilman Borggrefe, Giessen University

Marcus Buschbeck, IJC Barcelona

Carles Cantó, NIHS

Ana Conesa, BioBam

Tobias Dreker, 4SC AG

Jorge Ferrer, Imperial College

Wolfgang Fischle, KAUST

Clarissa Gerhäuser, DKFZ Heidelberg

Axel Imhof, LMU

Nicola Iovino, MPI Freiburg

Manfred Jung, Freiburg University

Cigall Kadoch, HMS

Andreas Ladurner, LMU

Carla Margulies, LMU

Jane Mellor, Chronos

Eran Meshorer, HUJI

Raul Mostoslavsky, HMS

Valerio Orlando, KAUST

Paul Pfluger, Helmholtz Center Munich

Catherine Postic, Institut Cochin

Oren Ram, HUJI

Karsten Rippe, DKFZ Heidelberg

Roland Schüle, Freiburg University Medical Centre

Raffaele Teperino, Helmholtz Center Munich

Peter Tessarz, MPI Cologne

Michiel Vermeulen, Radboud University

Kerstin Wendt, EMC Rotterdam

Jerry Workman, Stowers Institute

Oscar Yanes, Rovira i Virgili University

Registration Fee

Students/PostDocs: 450 EUR

Academics: 600 EUR

Industry: 750 EUR

Includes:

Attendance at all sessions

Accommodation at Anargyrios & Korgialenios School, Spetses (AKSS); Arrival on 25th August and departure on 31st August